I mentioned last week that I’d be ratcheting down the tempo of submissions to US newspapers, and I have. Between that and it being a short “holiday” week in America, they came down considerably: 6,579 op-ed submissions to 2,648 newspapers. I expect a slight rebound upward for next week.

So far this week, I’ve detected five “pickups” — reprints of C4SS commentaries in the “mainstream” print media:

Last weekend’s “Op-Ed Boot Camp” had two active participants (due to an error on my part regarding time zones, there may have been more who showed up for the initial conference call an hour early) and produced at least one completed op-ed. No word on whether or not it’s been published yet. I’ll have information on next month’s “Boot Camp” session for you in my next report.